WEBVTT NOW.ADMISSION IS FREE AND THE LIVEMUSIC GOES UNTIL 10:00 TONIGHT.ADAM: THE GRANITE STATE HASADDED DOZENS OF NEW BREWERIESOVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.THERE ARE ABOUT 70 IN BUSINESSAROUND THE STATE TODAY.TODAY THIS BOOMING INDUSTRY IS, ON TAP IN LINCOLN.THIS WEEKEND THEY'RE ROLLING OUT, THE BARREL FOR THE NEW ENGLANDBREWFEST AT LOON MOUNTAIN.MORE THAN 30 BREWERIES AREFEATURED WITH 100 BEERS ON TAPFROM ACROSS THE REGION.>> THEY'RE MAKING A HUGEBUSINESS OUT OF THIS.PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THATUNIQUE TASTE AND THE STORIESTHAT CONNECT FOLKS TO BEER.ADAM: RIGHT NOW, THE STORY OFTHIS INDUSTRY IS BEING WRITTENBY A RAPIDLY GROWING NUMBER OFNEW HAMPSHIRE BREWERS.>> I'VE BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT 17YEARS.I WORKED AT LONG TRAIL BREWERYFOR A WHILE.I FOUND THAT THE EXPANSION OFSMALLER BREWERIES HAD SORT OFBRANCHED OUT INTO COMMERCIALBREWERIES.ADAM: BAD LAB BEER COMPANY GREWOUT OF A CAMP IN THE WOODS, ANDIS NOW READY TO EXPAND INSOMERSWORTH.>> WE'RE JUST A STARTUP BREWERYNOW, SO OUR RESTAURANT'S GOINTO BE OPEN SOON.WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET OUT ANDMEET THE PUBLIC THAN SPREAD OUTALL OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE.ADAM: EVERY YEAR, MORE LOCALBREWERS MAKE THE JUMP FROM HOMETO SMALL BUSINESS, AND FROMSMALL BUSINESS TO REGIONALCOMPETITOR.>> I'VE GOTTEN TO ACTUALLY SEETHE NEW HAMPSHIRE SCENE BLOW UP,AND AS A CONSUMER IT'S FUN TOWATCH.KNOWING A LOT OF THE SMALLBUSINESSES AND THE FAMILIESATTACHED TO THE BREWERIES ANDHOW LOCAL THEY ARE, IT'S A GREATSTORY TO TELL FOR THIS STATE ASA WHOLE.ADAM: AND OF COURSE GETTING, TOGETHER TO ENJOY THE FRUITSOF THEIR LABOR IS ONE OF THEBEST PARTS OF THE JOB.>> TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITHALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUSTGOOD FOLKS, GOOD PRODUCTS IT'S A, LOT OF FUN.THIS IS WHY WE'RE IN THEINDUSTRY.ADAM: IF YOU MISSED THIS EVENT,

New Hampshire's brewing industry has exploded in the last few years, growing to about 70 businesses, according to Brew New Hampshire.

This industry is being celebrated over this weekend at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, where over 30 regional breweries will be featured with 100 beers on tap.

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"They're making a huge business out of this," said Kim Pickering of the Western White Mountains Chamber of Commerce. "People are looking for that unique taste and the stories that connect folks to beer."

Right now the story of the industry is being written by a rapidly growing number of New Hampshire brewers.

"I've been at it for about 17 years," said Chuck Morrell of Bad Lab Brewing Co. "[I] worked at Long Trail Brewery for a while, found that the expansion of smaller breweries had sort of branched out into commercial breweries."

Bad Lab Beer Co. grew out of a camp in the woods and is now ready to expand in Somersworth.

"We're just a startup brewery now. So our restaurant's going to be open soon," Morrell said. "What better way to get out and meet the public than spread out all over New Hampshire?"

Every year more local brewers make the jump from home to small business, and from small business to regional competitor.

"I've gotten to actually see the New Hampshire scene blow up and as a consumer it's fun to watch," said Colin Desnoyers of Newburyport Brewing Company. "Knowing a lot of the small businesses and the families attached to them, it's a great story to tell for this state as a whole."

And of course, getting together to enjoy the fruits of their labor is one of the best parts of the job.

"To be able to be here with all these people that are just good folks, good products, it's a lot of fun. This is why we're in the industry," Ehren Hill of Smuttynose Brewing Co. said.

If you missed the event you can catch up on the local beer scene at the New Hampshire Brewers Festival in Concord in July.